sinner

Example Sentences

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And “Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.”

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Not that Menendez is the lesser sinner — the third-term, soon-to-be-70 senator has operated under a cloud far longer than Santos, a freshman half his age.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

“I finally saw, like, ‘Oh, I’m a sinner by God’s standard,’ and then I understood my need for a savior and for Jesus,” she said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Chun Woo-won, 27, said military strongman Chun Doo-hwan was a "sinner and slaughterer".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023

In contrast to the Catholicism of school, the Mexican Catholicism of home was less concerned with man the sinner than with man the supplicant.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez